Well, he’s not wrong.
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I already limit my kids computer time to at most an hour a day. These idiots think I’m going to plop my little winner down in front of that thing for 6+ hours?! Are they crazy?
Lame
I don’t know about others’ experience, but in mine, all the ditzy, stupid girls in high school went on to become teachers. No exceptions. The smart ones went into other fields. The same was true in college. I specialized in a performance field and those of us who could perform performed and the ones who came up short went into teaching.
Go listen to Jesse Lee Peterson. He has advice for men like you. There is hope.
Good. Now I’ll know where not to shop.
And who funds these groups?
It’s linked in the comments
Soyboy insurrection. LOL!
Is it weird that I felt an overwhelming desire to go kick him in the face when he was down?
I used to read comments like this and think people who say that are crazy. Then I did a little research and found out it’s true. I think the distinction needs to be made that it’s not really the jew next door or the friendly neighbor you have, it’s the jew you’ve never met or heard of that literally runs everything and is responsible for everything you know down to the smallest bit of info you think is truth. And what makes it more crazy is that it’s been going on for centuries. It might be the hardest red pill to swallow but once you do, it answers so many questions and really does explain the upside down world of today.
For those of you doubters, consider for a moment which group is absolutely off limits to criticism. It’s the group that runs it all, controls your media, writes your textbooks, wrote the history you think happened, etc. They are the puppet master making all of this happen.
I think it’s safe to say that you play jazz. And that’s cool, but don’t kid yourself in thinking you understand what it takes to play classical well.
Loosening up a bit for jazz makes sense, but loosening up in classical is what makes you sound like a clown.
Lol, I have the technical ability to play complicated jazz riffs. Usually once I see them written, they are laughably easy. Once a while back I thought I’d take some time to learn some jazz and started playing from a Charlie Parker book. It was very difficult but also very playable. I don’t enjoy that style of jazz, so spending time in that book was not for me.
Never said a horn player in an orchestra (utility horn? You made that up) was better than Benny. Apples and oranges.
My comment about 88 bpm was to highlight that your comparison of 88 bpm to 120 bpm as somehow being easier to be meaningless. The opening to Daphnis and Chloe is about 50 bpm and is as hard as anything. Tempos do not necessarily determine a piece’s difficultly. In fact, some music is easier to play faster.
Your first paragraph is pretty funny but wrong.
Lol. I do not play horn.
I said that had heard of him in response to your saying the same. Paganini and Beethoven apparently had a falling out over something. Rossini wanted to meet Beethoven and after meeting him, Beethoven complemented his opera buffa abilities and recommended he stick with that. Donezetti was active in Italy and later gained fame across Europe, traveling all around the region. Much of this was at the same time as Beethoven. While I cannot prove that they met, it is almost inconceivable that Donezetti hadn’t heard of Beethoven.
Furthermore, your criteria was for an orchestral composer IIRC. Each of the composers you chose were not known for this. Of course each did use the orchestra, but their use was as an accompanying element to highlight either solo works or operas. Yeah, yeah, I know they wrote small pieces for orchestra alone, but those were not their primary focus. Additionally, Beethoven was not an opera composer other than Fidelio.
Lol. 88 bpm is the tempo for the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Nights Dream, a piece that is unplayable for so many people that failure on it in an audition means no job. And since this all began from auditions, that particular piece is on every audition for many of the orchestral instruments. It’s a deal breaker at 88bpm.
You spout off nonsense about tempos that many people probably won’t understand, but you aren’t fooling any real musicians.
I’m pretty sure you must be some amateur musician troll. Saying that orchestral parts aren’t as technically demanding as Jazz is hilarious. They are completely different and require different approaches.
I’m a classical musician and have played some jazz in a jazz band. Jazz is very difficult for me because of my training and my unfamiliarity with the style. I can imitate it but it’s not quite right. The finger technique required doesn’t even come close to the wind parts of Ravel, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Strauss, Mahler, etc. A great example of just how difficult classical music is for jazz musicians are the recordings of classical concertos made by famous jazz musicians. With the exception of Winton Marcellas and maybe some other person I’ve never heard of, the performances made by the jazz musicians are just awful. Benny Goodman comes to mind. Love his big band stuff but his attempts at classical are hilarious.
The same could be said for classical musicians playing jazz, like in my case. Most of us just don’t have the training or the background in jazz so we sound “off” when we try.
Lol. You called it a song. Fail.
Playing one single note on the French horn IS difficult. Playing that note beautifully, in tune, in time, correct volume, correct timbre, etc. without fatigue and perfect each time is what separates those who can from those who cannot.
Of course some pieces are more difficult but that doesn’t mean that you can take a mental vacation on some pieces.
Name ONE notable composer of orchestral music after Beethoven who had never heard of him. You can’t.
Hmmmm. I’m pretty sure his lips were actually thin. There are better examples.
Ah, but those European composers DO share a culture, a musical one. It may not be Whiteness, but it is definitely musical. What does Beethoven have to do with Rachmaninov? LOL, everything. Beethoven affected all music written after him.
There is a definite, undeniable, lineage of shared musical culture that weaves its way from the earliest known music to the music of today. What is usually considered the best and highest form of music is a derivative of European culture. There certainly have been composers of other races, but they have jumped on this European musical culture train to express their ideas.
“The vast majority of performers.... simple parts that aren’t challenging at all.”
Lol. You have no idea what you are talking about. Only people who cannot play music would ever say something that stupid. Every piece of music is challenging if you are paying attention. The quest for perfection is the drive and frustration for all of us orchestral musicians.
Fuck these deviants.